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Sridhara Murthi was responsible for corporate level policies for technology transfer & promotion of industry cooperation. He guided over 200 Tech transfer projects from ISRO to the industry.

He served as Scientific Secretary who is responsible at ISRO's Head Quarters for international cooperation, budget and human resources development, Space Policy and Public Outreach of Indian Space Programme. Reported to chairman, ISRO. Also served as Member-Secretary to ISRO Council, which is responsible for ISRO's policy and program guidance.

He went on to become Managing Director of Antrix Corporation Limited.

This is a project by Spaceport SARABHAI (S2) to capture anecdotes of people who have contributed to the development of India's space program. S2 is India’s 1st dedicated Space think tank that aspires to be global, collaborative, and inclusive. More about S2 - http://www.spaceportsarabhai.org/

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Dr V K Dadhwal is known for his contribution to the development of remote sensing applications in agriculture, including crop forecasting and irrigation management. Dadhwal also served as the Director, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad, Dean, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, a unit under Department of Space and Director of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.

He was associated with major achievements at NRSC in the area of earth observation applications including National Geospatial Portal BHUVAN, National Database for Emergency Management (NDEM), National Information System for Climate and Environmental Studies (NICES), Space-based Inputs for Sustainable Development & Planning (SISDP), Water Resource Information System (WRIS), Disaster Management Support Program, etc and in satellite data, acquisition and processing including realization of IMGEOS and ground station at Antarctica. He was responsible for strengthening field based and quantitative application and EDUSAT based certificate program in field of remote sensing. His scientific contributions include as Project Director, National Carbon Project (NCP, 2007-2016) in biogeochemistry of Carbon and in as diverse EO applications areas as agriculture, crop simulation models, forestry, geo-hazards, geo-informatics, hydrology, land cover/ land use, land surface processes, meteorology and oceanography and has more than 270 peer reviewed papers as a co-author. His early studies on crop discrimination, mapping, crop yield modelling was major contributor ISRO program on agriculture forecasting (1986-2004) and to final acceptance and establishment of a national centre by Ministry of Agriculture in 2012. He has co-guided 10 PhD students.

He has extensive international cooperation experience, as member/leader of Indian delegation to UN Committee of Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS), Vienna (2013, 2014, 2015), to Science & Technology sub-committee of UNCOPUOS, Vienna (2013-2015) and was Chair of UN COPUOS S&T subcommittee in 2016. He has been member/co-chair of Indian delegation in international cooperation meetings with US, Japan, ESA and China.

His scientific program management experience includes Co-Chair, National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) of DST (2011-2016), Governing Body/Council of Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS, 2011-2016) and many State Remote Sensing Centre as well as in Scientific/Research Advisory Committees of National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL), Gadanki, National Rice Research Institute (NRRI), Cuttack, 2014-2017, Space Physics Laboratory(SPL), VSSC, etc. He also served as ISRO representative to the Board of Antrix Corporation.

This is a project by Spaceport SARABHAI (S2) to capture anecdotes of people who have contributed to the development of India's space program. S2 is India’s 1st dedicated Space think tank that aspires to be global, collaborative, and inclusive. More about S2 - http://www.spaceportsarabhai.org/

White paper on Indian supplier landscape: “Driving innovation in the Indian space sector using digital technologies”

Discover how Dassault Systèmes can help New Space companies achieve fast, sustainable innovation: The New Frontier of Satellite Technology 

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Chandra spent more than 20 years working at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). His work at ISRO covered all parts of the programme - satellite, rockets as well as the applications of space technology especially remote sensing. He was also involved with activities related to international co-operation and has represented and led Indian delegations to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.

His research interests include technology and competitive advantage, national technology priorities and national technology policy, studies on innovation, telecommunications in the Indian context, national innovation systems, modelling complex systems and national security issues. His recent work includes a study of sensitive installations using open source satellite imagery. He has also been involved with other members of the group on a micro-level comparative case study of Chinese capabilities in one domain of technology related to the development of turbo-fan aircraft engine technology.

This is a project by Spaceport SARABHAI (S2) to capture anecdotes of people who have contributed to the development of India's space program. S2 is India’s 1st dedicated Space think tank that aspires to be global, collaborative, and inclusive. More about S2 - http://www.spaceportsarabhai.org/

White paper on Indian supplier landscape: “Driving innovation in the Indian space sector using digital technologies”

Discover how Dassault Systèmes can help New Space companies achieve fast, sustainable innovation: The New Frontier of Satellite Technology 

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Dr. V.S. Hegde, born in 1952, has a Post Graduate Degree in Applied Geology and Doctorate Degree in Environmental Science. He has been with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) since 1975, contributing in the areas of Aerial Remote Sensing, Earth Observation, Remote Sensing & Satellite Communication Applications, Disaster Mitigation, Societal Applications, International Cooperation and Space Commerce.

Previously, Hegde has held many key positions in ISRO, such as Scientific Secretary, ISRO; Director, Earth Observations System; Member-Secretary of Planning Committee on National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS); Programme Director, Disaster Management Support; Programme Coordinator, Village Resource Centres; Project Director, Integrated Mission for Sustainable Development. During 1989-1991, he was Founder-Director of Karnataka State Remote Sensing Centre, a vital organ of NNRMS. He was also Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix).

Hegde’s important contributions to the programmes and activities of ISRO, also of much relevance to national development, include: exploration of groundwater to provide drinking water in villages; landslide hazard zonation in the Himalayas; developing locale-specific integrated action plans at watershed level for management of land and water resources; and environment impact assessment for setting up polluting industries & developmental projects. He has played pivotal roles in implementing the space-based programme for disaster management; and conceptualising & realising the network of Village Resource Centres to take the benefits of space technology to the doorsteps of common man. His contributions in evolving the Remote Sensing Data Policy-2011; and the long-term strategy & plan for Indian Earth Observations System and its utilisation have been significant. He has played an equally pro-active and productive role in building ISRO’s international relations and programme management as Scientific Secretary.

This is a project by Spaceport SARABHAI (S2) to capture anecdotes of people who have contributed to the development of India's space program. S2 is India’s 1st dedicated Space think tank that aspires to be global, collaborative, and inclusive. More about S2 - http://www.spaceportsarabhai.org/

White paper on Indian supplier landscape: “Driving innovation in the Indian space sector using digital technologies”

Discover how Dassault Systèmes can help New Space companies achieve fast, sustainable innovation: The New Frontier of Satellite Technology 

3D Perspective on New Space, new horizons

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Arup Dasgupta worked in the Indian Space Research Organisation, from November 1970 to March 2005. He began his career in the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE). Later he was involved in the management of applications programmes for several remote sensing satellites including Bhaskara and IRS as well as development of Image and Information Processing systems. He was responsible for research and development in applications using the convergence of communications and information technologies.

This is a project by Spaceport SARABHAI (S2) to capture anecdotes of people who have contributed to the development of India's space program. S2 is India’s 1st dedicated Space think tank that aspires to be global, collaborative, and inclusive. More about S2 - http://www.spaceportsarabhai.org/

White paper on Indian supplier landscape: “Driving innovation in the Indian space sector using digital technologies”

Discover how Dassault Systèmes can help New Space companies achieve fast, sustainable innovation: The New Frontier of Satellite Technology 

3D Perspective on New Space, new horizons

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Sudarshan served in the atomic energy program between 1970-76 and then at ISRO between 1976-88. He was the Chairman of the Technology Transfer and Industry Cooperation committee at ISRO and helped directing ISRO’s budget & economic analysis.

This is a project by Spaceport SARABHAI (S2) to capture anecdotes of people who have contributed to the development of India's space program. S2 is India’s 1st dedicated Space think tank that aspires to be global, collaborative, and inclusive. More about S2 - http://www.spaceportsarabhai.org/

White paper on Indian supplier landscape: “Driving innovation in the Indian space sector using digital technologies”

Discover how Dassault Systèmes can help New Space companies achieve fast, sustainable innovation: The New Frontier of Satellite Technology 

3D Perspective on New Space, new horizons

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mach33.aero is India's first public private partnership to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in aviation. aerspace and spacetech CSIR – NAL and Social Alpha are collaborating to establish mach33.aero, a deep tech innovation and entrepreneurship promotion initiative focused on “lab to market” enablement of Aviation, Aerospace and Sapcetech Engineering innovations and its wide-ranging applications across diverse sectors like SpaceTech, Defense, Air Mobility, Agriculture, Climate Change, Natural Resources Management, Insurance and Weather Forecasting. The idea is to catalyse, incubate and accelerate start-ups and SMEs for Atmanirbhar Bharat in these sectors of national strategic importance.

White paper on Indian supplier landscape: “Driving innovation in the Indian space sector using digital technologies”

Discover how Dassault Systèmes can help New Space companies achieve fast, sustainable innovation: The New Frontier of Satellite Technology 

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Sanjay Kumar is the founder and CEO of Geospatial Media & Communications. He also lends his time and experience to many organizations helping them to further the cause of increasing the impact of geospatial technology and its applications at a global scale.

White paper on Indian supplier landscape: “Driving innovation in the Indian space sector using digital technologies”

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SIA-India is a non-profit association created to represent the interests of the communication satellite ecosystem in India. As the apex representative body for the satellite communications ecosystem, SIA-India aims to present the industry's interest to the highest Government levels for policy-making and regulatory and licensing matters.

White paper on Indian supplier landscape: “Driving innovation in the Indian space sector using digital technologies”

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Tathya leverages Machine Learning & Computer Vision technologies for near real-time insights on key Economic Indicators and bring unmatched competitive edge to our clients at a fraction of the cost and much earlier than traditional methodology. More about Tathya here - https://tathya.earth/about

White paper on Indian supplier landscape: “Driving innovation in the Indian space sector using digital technologies”

Discover how Dassault Systèmes can help New Space companies achieve fast, sustainable innovation: The New Frontier of Satellite Technology 

3D Perspective on New Space, new horizons

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